File 522/1922 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein: Internal' [‎171v] (347/616)

as before It is unthinkable that during the short interval that since elapsed, my
capacity should have suddenly undergone such phenomina! deterioration as to
necessitate and warrant the humiliation and injustice of my summary deposition i„.
the manner it was brought about, and it is impossible to resist the conv.ction that I
have been the hapless victim of intrigue and misrepresentation.
13. I thereupon submitted a representation to His Excellency the Viceroy
and Governor General of India setting out my own and my poeples’ grievances and
praying for a full and independent inquiry into the whole case. A copy of the
representation is annexed hereto (No. IV) and I pray that it may be treated as an
integral part of this memorial.
14. 1 respectfully submit that if ever there was a case involving grave
political issues and the honour and independence of an Arab ruler, an honoured friend
of Government, for a thorough inquiry, in the interests of justice and good govern
ment and the peace and good-will of the Arab people, the facts and incidents set out
in my memorial to the Government of India constituted an irresistible case for such
inquiry. But the Government of India rejected the memorial with the stereotyped
official formula ‘See no reason to interfere’; and declined to take any action in the
matter. A copy of the reply of Government to my memorial is annexed (No. V.)
15, While my memorial to the Government of Ineia constituted a serious
categorical indictment of the policy and acts of the Consular Authorities which I was
in a position to prove, the memorial was brusquely dismissed without any attempt
to meet, answer, or disprove my specific complaints, or to acquaint me with any of
the materials on which adverse judgment was passed against me behind my back,
or to call lor any explanation from me. If the matte rs secretly alleged against me were
so serious as to warrant the extreme measure of my deposition, a measure which
I submit would in any event have been incompetent and inadmissible without a
previous referendum to my people, if these matters were such as would beai the
light of day and stand impartial scrutiny, they should, I submit, on all principles
of justice and fair-play have been placed at my disposal for answer, but the
opportunity which I eagerly sought to vindicate my honour and my peoples
right to order their lives according to their own traditions and culture has
been studiously denied to me, and I have been condemned and degiaded
unheard and undefended. It is against this serious denial of justice and to
remove the opprobrious and unmerited stigma upon me that f respectfully prei e ‘
this appeal to Your Lordship.
16. Though the matters which may have been placed before d 16
authorities to my prejudice have been carefully withheld from me, it wa
understood that a movement against me, engineered with the connivance of one
or more parties connected with the Consulate, prompted and encourag